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Carol and Jim,
I guess proof is in the pudding. If your TV handled the 2850, there is not a lot of difference (1000 lbs) in the GVWR of the 2980, although the empty weight is almost 1-ton more.
However - I've got two 5.4L in Expeditions, and I personally would never take them to task of towing 12K pounds, even with the dirt digger gears. To me it would just tear the guts out of it. Those 5.4L are 16-valve low RPM low tech engines and don't have nearly the ponys as the newer generation high rpm 4-valve gassers such as the GMC 6.0 or Ford Triton V10. I would seriously add a TV replacement to your equation in the near future, especially for pulling mountains at altitude.
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